From today on is the king

Chapter 586 585. All the losses I have suffered have become experience (seeking monthly ticket for subscription)
The atmosphere of the Eagles is very tense. They lost to the Nets for two consecutive years, and they are going to be stunned. This time they all want to kill the Nets and prove themselves.

However, it's not just Liu Mang who thinks that the Nets are stronger this year than last year. It is recognized by the league that the Nets are stronger this year than last year.

Only the team that wins to the end may relax and not know where to strengthen, because they won to the end, and even the runner-up is also a loser.

But the more so, the stronger the Eagles' desire to beat the Nets!

Especially Liu Mang, the eyes staring at the opponent's players are about to breathe fire.

"Ace Liu's hatred: Jason Kidd has become the host's mortal enemy. The mission of the season is that the host has an advantage against the Nets in the four regular season matches. If the host leads the team to a three-to-one record advantage against the Nets, they will get Jason Kidd's star card for the 03-04 season. If the host leads the team to sweep the Nets in the regular season, they will get a random star card for the strongest point guard in each era."

With the enmity in the playoffs and the mission, Liu Mang's fighting spirit has exploded!

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"Welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks' away game against the New Jersey Nets broadcast live by TNT Sports Television. I am your old friend Kenny Smith. Today I will..."

Before Kenny Smith finished speaking, Barkley disliked that Kenny Smith's introduction was not majestic enough, and introduced himself: "I am the great Jazz Barkley."

Kenny Smith was speechless to this shameless guy. Barkley was only very good in college and was called "Mr.", but after Barkley became popular in the NBA, he forcibly upgraded the word "Mr." and called himself "Jazz".

Every time Kenny Smith heard Barkley say that Liu Mang was shameless, he wanted to say something.

Kenny Smith ignored Barkley's narcissism and asked: "Charles, which team do you think will win this game?"

Barkley glared at Kenny Smith in dissatisfaction: "Kenny, it's Sir Barkley! This game? Of course the Nets can win. The Nets have been winning for the past two years. The Hawks are just a regular season team. They have never proved themselves in the playoffs, but the Nets are different. They have proven that they can win in the playoffs..."

The Eagles will play the Nets in the away game first, and then they will play the Nets again at home. They will play against the Nets in two consecutive games. The schedule is the same as last year’s playoffs. The two games between the Eagles and the Nets were originally used by the league to attract the attention of fans and to detonate the ratings of the Eagles.

Now the ratings of this game are not bad, but there is only a little surprise, that is, the Eagles are not expected to win the Nets at all, because they have just been reversed by the Celtics.

Sometimes people's views are so strange. The Hawks are 6 wins and 1 loss, and they are not favored. The Nets, who also have a not-so-difficult start schedule, are 4 wins and 4 losses, but they are actually favored.

TNT TV, the live TV station of the game, still sang against the Eagles.

However, as Barkley said, the Eagles did not prove themselves in the playoffs. Losers are losers. A strong team has never broken out of the division. After all, it is only a loser.

The current consensus in the league is: the Lakers, Spurs, and Nets, these three teams that have reached the finals in the past two years and have retained their core lineups or even strengthened them, and the Timberwolves that form the three-headed monster. Only these four teams are at the championship level.

This kind of public opinion trend is also one of the key reasons for the Eagles' fighting spirit. No one wants to be underestimated. Although Liu Mang will comfort himself that he can develop insignificantly here, he also doesn't like to be underestimated!

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With the praise of the Nets from the TV media, the game is about to start here.

The Eagles sent Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff to the starting lineup.

The lineup of the Nets is still the same. After Mutombo left, Jason Collins' starting position became more stable. Kidd, Kittles, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins made their debut.

Although Rasheed Wallace has just joined the Eagles, since he is a member of the Eagles and has renewed his contract, at least in the short term, he is a member of the Eagles. Rasheed Wallace feels the hatred of the team and is very excited to come to the middle circle to jump the ball with Jason Collins.

With the whistle of the referee, Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball from Jason Collins with absolute advantage, and Liu Mang received the ball and advanced quickly.

The Nets guarded against Liu Mang's jump ball fast break. Except for Jason Collins who jumped the ball, the other four were ready to return to defense from the beginning.

Liu Mang twitched his lips, stabilized his speed, and slowly pushed forward to wait for his teammates to settle down.

The first attack at the beginning has already been fixed to Liu Mang.

Rahim has long been prepared to focus on defense and passing this year, scoring cuts and open shots. In the past two years, he has touched his own ceiling and knows that he is not the kind of player who can play his life on both ends of the offense and defense and can maintain the entire game.

Rasheed Wallace has learned a lesson from the last game, and now he is decisively focusing all his energy on the defensive end, and it's okay to make trouble for himself.

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he took a quick look at the Nets' defense. It was true that the stronger his own strength, the more he could see how strong his opponent was!

Although Richard Jefferson is not well-known, he is very similar to Liu Mang. He makes big strides a year and only cuts in his rookie season. He started defending in the second grade and became a good defensive counter-attack player. In the third grade, he already has the level of perimeter defense.

The outside defensive circle composed of Kidd, Kittles, and Richard Jefferson of the Nets made Liu Mang feel airtight. After observing for two seconds, Liu Mang decisively asked Raheem to come out to catch the ball.

Seeing Liu Mang beckoning, Raheem ran to the top arc without hesitation. After Liu Mang handed the ball to Raheem, he led Kidd into the inside lane empty-handed.

Seeing this scene, Kidd had a bad feeling, and followed Liu Mang into the inside line. Sure enough, when Liu Mang reached the right edge of the three-second zone, Kidd's bad feeling came true!

Liu Mang wants to play low-post singles!

Liu Mang relied on Kidd to ask for the ball, Kidd wanted to go around to defend Liu Mang, Liu Mang swung his arm back and hit Kidd's arm, becoming more and more proficient, and already had a level 1 iron elbow skill, and pushed back Kidd who wanted to bully and go around the front!

Seeing that Liu Mang was stuck in the position, Rahim immediately threw the ball to Liu Mang, feeling a little envious in his heart: This little brother's wings are getting harder and harder, and the gap between him and his boss is getting smaller and smaller, and he will surpass him in two years...

After Liu Mang received the ball, Kidd tried his best to resist Liu Mang. He tried to withdraw the chair last season, but Liu Mang's reaction made him dare not withdraw the chair to Liu Mang again.
Feeling the power coming from behind, Liu Mang first moved forward lightly, and it seemed that he was about to break away from Kidd's defense. Kidd immediately pressed up again. I have to say that Kidd really has no experience in defending low positions.

Kidd was almost staggered and fell to the ground by Liu Mang's strength and his own pressure!
Liu Mang turned around and cut into the basket, stepped half a step into the three-second zone, kicked his left foot heavily on the ground, and jumped!

Jason Collins was already ready to defend, and raised his arm to block Liu Mang's passing route. He believed that Liu Mang would definitely pass the ball, but Liu Mang turned 90 degrees to the left in the air to avoid Jason Collins' arm, and did not pass to Ratliff who could pass out on the other side of the three-second zone. Instead, he stretched out his right hand and threw the ball from bottom to top to the basket.

A pull-bar layup with a low turn!
Jason Collins stared so wide that his eyes seemed to burst out. Liu Mang took a step too fast!His first step to block Liu Mang's passing and throwing routes is already the limit!

The demonstration of Liu Mang's new trick!
The level 5 low post technique was triggered when Liu Mang turned around and passed Kidd. The effects of jumping +5, speed +5, and layup +5 played a vital role!
In the first seven games, Liu Mang didn't show some of his new tricks. The first six games were victories or even big victories. He didn't need to use too many difficult methods to win the game. In the seventh game, even in the last few minutes, the Celtics couldn't defend the Eagles, but the Celtics were too good at attacking.

And this low post is not what Liu Mang is best at, but he must give the Nets a strong look at the beginning. Liu Wei does not hesitate to play a low post. Kidd's low defense is average, not as good as Pierce. Liu Mang is very confident that he can at least draw a foul.

Of course, if he can make the shot, he will be even more handsome. Liu Mang thinks that he will definitely score the top five goals of the day this time!
After landing, Liu Mang looked at his hand with a surprised expression, and ran towards his own half in a panic.

Indeed, the goal was really beautiful. Jason Collins was stunned for a moment before picking up the ball, slapped it hard on the ground, and sent it to Kidd after walking out of the baseline.

Kidd's face was gloomy, Liu Mang's embarrassing look really made him angry!
In the playoffs, Kidd could forcibly restrain his anger towards Liu Mang, and restrained it very well, but in this regular season, Kidd didn't care about the regular season record at all, even if he disliked the top three teams in the Eastern Conference that had promised 50 wins but rushed to 60 wins, he still didn't care so much about the regular season record, so he had to vent his displeasure first.

Kidd pushes forward. Generally speaking, if he falls into a positional game at the beginning, he will give the ball to Kittles. For example, in the 01-02 season, last season Kittles could not degenerate into a pure 3D player. Last season, this link was canceled. Tells is stronger.

But today Kidd did not give the ball to Richard - Jefferson, but beckoned to Kenyon - Martin out pick and roll!

Kittles and Richard Jefferson pulled two three-pointers obediently to the corners on both sides. Kidd is so big in the Nets. Even coach Byron Scott can't control Kidd this year.

Kenyon Martin brought Rasheed Wallace up to block Liu Mang for Kidd. Liu Mang did not choose to switch defenses, but planned from the beginning like a loach to block Kidd's mid-range shots. Kidd's other offensive skills have not improved much in the past two years, and they are probably finalized, but pick-and-roll mid-range shots and three-pointers are getting better and better.

Kidd originally planned to shoot after the pick-and-roll, but when he saw Liu Mang rushing over, he immediately gave up his plan to score, paused and picked up speed again. At this moment, Liu Mang chased after Kidd.

On the other side, Liu Mang didn't block Kenyon Martin's shot. Kenyon Martin immediately cut in from the middle, and entered the free throw line a few steps slower than Kidd.

When Kidd rushed close to the three-second zone, he was ready to pass the ball to Kenyon Martin, but no!Liu Mang didn't chase Kidd too much, let his teammates under the basket defend, and turned around to help Rasheed Wallace block Kenyon Martin who came in from an air cut!

It doesn’t have to be to prevent Kidd from being unable to shoot. Bring Kidd into the defensive range of his own center Ratliff. Kidd makes a shot.

Liu Mang's biggest improvement now is that he is more willing to do less work and give more to his teammates, otherwise what are so many teammates doing!
And Kidd was so close to the basket, the two outside shooters were marked, Kenyon Martin was blocked, Jason Collins was behind the four people under the basket, Kidd had to come by himself, forced a throw, and was blocked by Ratliff!

Successful defense!

Kittles and Prince in the left corner rushed forward to snatch the ball, but neither of them got it. It was unknown who hit the ball out of the bottom line.

The game came to a standstill, Liu Mang and Ratliff high-fived and praised Ratliff for his defense.

The defensive strategy of trusting your teammates and reducing your defensive pressure is working!

After the start of this season, Liu Mang was not used to seeing the easy defensive positions prepared by the team for him. He still felt that he should do everything.

But slowly, I found that I didn’t need that. Although my physical strength can be said to be endless, it still takes time to recover. With energy drinks and running for several rounds in a row, I have to pant heavily to slowly recover my body functions.

Therefore, playing against the Nets today, this team is still the biggest opponent of his own team, Liu Wei wants to try and leave the back to his teammates!

Now it seems that the effect is very good. Ratliff, who has the third highest salary on the team and the highest salary among defensive centers in the league, is used to do this!
Not only did Ratliff not complain about Liu Mang's reassuring handing over his back to him, but he felt even happier because of the trust of his teammates!
The players on both sides waited for a while, and the referee watched the replay from several angles, and finally confirmed that when Kittles fell to the ground, he stepped on the sideline for the first time when he touched the ball. The Nets went out of bounds and the Eagles got the ball.

Otherwise, Kidd has a big heart. He was beaten by his wife for five or six years before he dared to sue in court. How small can his heart be?After being blocked, he found that the ball was not his side, so he turned around and returned to defense without saying a word, for fear that Liu Mang was mocking him, and he couldn't help but want to fight again.

The Eagles' offense, down position, is the Eagles' favorite to play against the Nets.

Liu Mang came over and found that the Nets have been replaced to guard him. In order to avoid being played by Liu Mang, Richard Jeffeson came to prevent Liu Mang. Speed, weight, power, Richard Jefferson is not afraid of Liu Mang now. He used to keep up with the speed, but his power could not keep up. It is the reason why Rahim is not now Lashm's low position.

Liu Mang looked at Richard Jefferson, who was stronger than Raheem, and glanced at Kidd. Kidd just looked at Liu Mang with provocative eyes, probably meaning: Go to the lower position again!
just go!Liu Mang stared back at Kidd, and gestured to Raheem.

This gesture has never happened once this year, and Raheem still misses it a little bit. He sighed how he had changed so much in the past two years, then looked at Kidd next to him, and decisively went to the low position to press Kidd for the ball!

If Kidd is a Chinese, his current mood can directly express the emotions deep in his heart with the nickname of love that the Chinese give to the alpaca, and let the domestic Didu Satellite TV, which is also broadcasting this game, transmit it to the ears of thousands of households.

Liu Mang glared at Kidd and lobbed the ball to Raheem.

Raheem's low post singles are not of the same type as Liu Mang, he is raw, which is also the reason why he no longer plays low post after losing weight this year, but now it is Kidd!Raheem's brutal three-step, directly crushing Kidd into the three-second zone, scared Jason Collins to take a step back, and Raheem smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand!
Kidd was already furious when Liu Mang, a shameless man, beat him up in various ways, but now he became even more angry.

Liu Mang yelled at Raheem: "Hurry up, Sharif! This is why I have no assists!"

　There may be another chapter, if I can't finish it, I will post it before work tomorrow morning!

　　
　
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